Cisco accused of data theft

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https://www.networkworld.com/news/2013/031313-cisco-multiven-267658.html

By Jim Duffy
Network World
March 13, 2013

Cisco is accused of stealing thousands of proprietary and copyrighted data 
files from third-party services nemesis Multiven, which filed a complaint 
against the company with law enforcement authorities in the U.S. and 
Switzerland.

Multiven, whose CEO Peter Alfred-Adekeye was at the center of a bizarre 
orchestrated arrest episode involving Cisco, accuses Cisco of unauthorized 
access by Cisco to Multiven's knowledge base, mysolvr.com, using automated 
cyber-scraping software. Multiven alleges Cisco stole thousands of proprietary 
and copyrighted data from Multiven's knowledge base on at least four separate 
occasions between December 2009 and January 2010.

The company says the incursions "put undue load on Multiven's server resulting 
in a degraded service for its legitimate users and customers," and are "clear 
violations" of the U.S. federal Computer Fraud and Abuse Act and the Computer 
Data Access and Fraud Act.

"Multiven's subsequent investigation revealed that the theft involved over 
53,000 'requests' that originated from three Internet Protocol ('IP') addresses 
assigned to Cisco Systems, Inc., headquartered in San Jose, California," the 
company states in a press release.

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